20

March - 2025

Brussels & online

RGI and ENTSO-E’s joint workshop fostered expert discussions on incorporating climate adaption measures into the European grid planning process. The workshop brought together grid operators, researchers, NGOs, policymakers and regulators to discuss development of a new climate adaptation indicator that can be integrated into ENTSO-E’s Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) methodology.

The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity’s (ENTSO-E) Ten-Year Network Development Plan (TYNDP) provides scenarios to guide the planning of the European energy system and select Projects of Common and Mutual Interest (PCIs/PMIs). These projects are being assessed by the Cost-Benefit-Analysis (CBA) Methodology. With the increasing climate change, changing weather patterns and extreme weather events, a new indicator under the CBA Methodology is needed to reflect adequate climate adaptation measures implemented by project promoters.

Building on the knowledge acquired from the previous "European Climate-Resilient Energy System" Expert Workshop, ENTSO-E and RGI are working together with different stakeholder groups on how indicators could be incorporated into the aforementioned methodology.

In the first part of the workshop, ENTSO-E and RGI presented to the participants two key parts of the framework to guide the indicator: a dataset of climate and weather-induced events that are likely to impact electricity infrastructure and potential adaptation measures, and a methodology to calculate costs of addressing (and failing to address) these impacts.

During the second part, representatives of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change (ESABCC), the European Investment Bank (EIB), Elia (Belgian TSO) and Marsh McLennan Consultants presented their insights related to climate adaptation and development of the framework.

The work on the framework will continue throughout 2025. The new indicator is aimed to be implemented in the next TYNDP update and the 5th edition of the CBA Guideline.

Watch our Need4Grid video to learn more about the climate-energy nexus

Participant organisations

50Hertz
Amprion
Arera
Elia
ENTSO-E
European Commission
European Investment Bank (EIB)
European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change (ESABCC)
European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER)
Fundación Renovables
German Aerospace Centre (DLR)
Marsh McLennan Consulting
Open Energy Transition
REE
REN
RTE
Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law
Statnett
TenneT
Terna
TransnetBW
Vrje Universitaet Amsterdam

Agenda

10:00 – 10:15	Welcome notes and introduction to the workshop Andrzej Ceglarz (RGI) and Franck Dia Wagoum (ENTSO-E)
Session 1: The Framework
10:15 – 10:30	Climate resilience and adaptation framework in the CBA methodology: Background, concept and developments so far Philipp Fortenbacher (Amprion)
10:30 – 11:00	Climate Impacts and Related Costs on Electricity Infrastructure in Europe – proposing Climate Hazards Dataset + Q&A Ira Shefer (RGI)
11:00 – 12:00	A new indicator of climate adaptation and resilience measures: Development status and potential usability + open discussion Nils Schindzielorz (TenneT)
12:00 - 13:00	Lunch break
Session 2: Sectoral perspectives
13:00 – 13:25	Towards climate neutral and resilient energy networks: Insight from the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change (presentation +Q&A) Prof. Lena Kitzing (the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change)
13:25 – 13:50	Climate Adaptation in Grid Financing: The European Investment Bank Perspective (presentation + Q&A) John Sinner (European Investment Bank)
13:50 – 14:15	Resilience of energy infrastructure to climate extremes (presentation + Q&A) Pieter Smet (Elia)
14:15 – 14:40	Climate Stress Testing and Adaptation: Experiences Across Different Sectors (presentation + Q&A) Alois Thiant, Bruno Dotti, Alban Pyanet (Marsh McLennan)
14:40 – 14:50	Coffee break
Session 3: Moving forward
14:50 – 15:50	Open discussion with all participants: Identifying gaps and knowledge needs, and the future collaboration potentials
15:50 – 16:00	Discussing the next steps + concluding remarks Andrzej Ceglarz (RGI), Franck Dia Wagoum (ENTSO-E), Philipp Fortenbacher (Amprion)